Guys, The Weeknd isn't doing so great. Following his very public romance and shocking breakup with Selena Gomez — who then promptly got back together with Justin Bieber — the 28-year-old singer released an emotional EP featuring several callous disses and references to their relationship, as well as entire songs about his other ex-girlfriend, Bella Hadid. If his 2016 album Starboy was a triumphant tribute to love and life, My Dear Melancholy is The Weeknd's musical descent into bleak heartbreak. Ahead, read all the lyrics that are being linked to Gomez.
Oof. The first song off of My Dear Melancholy really goes for the jugular, huh? The line about helping Gomez "out of a broken place" is no doubt a reference to her ongoing health and mental health struggles, which she's been public about, as well as a nod to her rollercoaster romance with ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber. Many are also speculating that the line "I almost cut a piece of myself for your life," indicates that he was willing to donate his kidney for her transplant surgery.
Kissing her scars? That seems like an obvious nod to Gomez's recent kidney transplant surgery, which left her with a literal scar on her leg.
Gomez's unstable on-again, off-again relationship with Bieber has been highly publicized for years. If the "toxic" shoe fits . . .
Since her last break up with Bieber, Gomez was linked to musicians like Charlie Puth, Zedd, and The Weeknd. There's absolutely nothing wrong with dating multiple guys (and who even knows which of those rumored relationships were legit, other than The Weeknd), but we have a feeling that's what he's referencing when he sings "You try to fill the void with every man you meet."
"I held you down when you were suffering" seems to be another nod to how he helped Gomez through some trying times throughout their courtship, while "They said our love is just a game" could be a way to call out the people who speculated that they were only dating for the publicity.